Chapter 14

It felt like a vivid and painful slap in Amanda’s face.

She was so furious that she turned around and quickly left the place in embarrassment with Janice following close behind.

Serenity felt like she had just watched a drama unfold before her eyes. As soon as they exited the mall, they had witnessed someone smashing a car, which turned out to be Amanda’s.

“What happened? Did she offend someone and that was their revenge?” Serenity wondered.

“Who knows?” Jackson replied, his eyes flickering slightly as he pursed his lips.

“Anyway, it’s none of our business,” Serenity said as she grabbed Jackson’s arm and headed toward the bus stop.

Suddenly, Jackson stopped abruptly. Serenity turned to look at him only to find that he had turned pale, and there was a shocked look on his face.

He was also staring unblinkingly at the bus stop.

“What’s wrong?” Serenity asked.

“It’s… nothing,” Jackson replied as his expression gradually returned to normal.

That had been a mistake, right? He thought the woman who had just boarded the bus looked like a certain other woman he knew…

A woman who had once abandoned her husband and child.

But it was impossible for her to be here.

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“Jack, don’t be like me, okay? Don’t give them all your heart even if you want to love someone.”

thing in this world. When she stops caring about you anymore, it’s useless even

truly love someone, you’ll understand that in this world, there’s someone who can control the joy and sorrow you feel, who can make you feel alive or dead… But if possible, Daddy

was it? Who was talking

cold… so cold…

father to repeatedly say he loves me but can’t give me the life I want! I’ve already done everything I could

that? Who

“Don’t… go…”

Who was that?

was… him,

her not to go.

Don’t go! Please!

His surroundings got increasingly darker like he was

at the air, trying to grab something… He didn’t care, even if

him, and a gentle voice rang out faintly in his ears like it was coming from

not leaving! Don’t be

Serenity! The woman

eyes, and a petite face with delicate features entered his sight. Her eyes were filled with concern,

me not

opened his eyes, Serenity

happened? Was it a

him and his father, and seeing his father knowing about it but not doing anything to stop her with a bitter but sorrowful smile on his

a nightmare,” Jackson muttered

her hand as if he had been clinging to a

enveloped him when he felt like he was drowning

he so muddle-headed that he had mistaken

the warm, gentle feeling disappeared instantly. He frowned, and his face gradually paled. He curled up where he lay, covering his stomach

“Do you feel

nothing,” Jackson replied softly, his voice clearly indicating that he was shoving

because of his nightmare? When he was younger, he would often experience stomach cramps due to

increasingly pale face and noticed a thin layer of sweat forming on his forehead, dampening his

of warm water and helped him sit

Occasionally, he would grind his teeth as if using all his willpower to fight against

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